Description

ISLINGTON

TQ3184NE COMPTON TERRACE
635-1/46/337 (East side)
29/09/72 Nos.17 AND 18
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
COMPTON TERRACE
Nos.12-18 (Consecutive))

GV II

Terraced houses. 1803-9. Developed by Henry or Jacob Leroux.
Brick, stucco and roofs of slate. Three storeys over basement,
three windows each with entrance bays to either side.
Round-arched entrance to no 17 with reeded doorcase and
panelled door of original design; two upper storeys of
two-window range in the entrance wing which, by comparison
with no 20, seem to have been added; entrance to no 18
round-arched, in two-storey single-bay wing. Ground-floor
windows round-arched and set back under a round-arch with
gauged brick head, linked by stucco springing band; stucco
sill band to first floor. First- and second-floor windows
flat-arched; cornice; round-arched dormers in mansard roof to
no 17, stacks to party walls. Area railings with spearhead and
urn finials.
(Historians' file, English Heritage London Division).

Listing NGR: TQ3166384551

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490142

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas